Oct-28-2010, 12:05 PM (UTC)
Well I definitely hope that Robin eventually does write another tale about Fitz and the Fool! I trust her completely to come up with something amazing...yet again.
Now I could have put the rest if this post in a couple of other places, especially the “the ending doesn’t make sense” thread, but I think here is best since I don’t want to interrupt the interesting discussion over there, and there aren’t so many previous posts here as to put people off. It does relate to the topic…sort of.
Just in case, spoilers for Fool’s Fate below…
I have a thought/question related to the end of Fool’s Fate, or more specifically to the parting of Fitz and the Fool. Before his “resurrection” the Fool “saw” a future which he was not a part of, but in which Fitz was happy. Based on this, the Fool decides it is too dangerous for him to spend time with Fitz; since Fitz is still the catalyst but the Fool is no longer the WP, the Fool can’t risk influencing Fitz’s decisions and consequently disrupting his (and the world’s) “happy” future.* Now I distinctly remember Fitz saying (when he made the decision to revive the Fool) that he knew he could not survive the loss of the Fool, that the Fool’s death would leave him irreparably damaged (or something to that effect). If this is the case, then the “happy” Fitz of the Fool’s vision must necessarily have known the Fool was alive, and therefore must have had at least some contact with him. So why, then, should the Fool fear that he is not supposed to exist in Fitz’s (the catalyst’s) future?
I suspect I may be reading too much into a few choice sentences, but it seems to me like the tale of Fitz and the Fool truly didn’t have to end. Granted, the Fool’s last message to Fitz, “I have never been wise”, sort of makes this whole question a non-issue, since we are clearly supposed to expect them to meet again in the future. In fact, perhaps my point above is just another reason why we should expect Fitz and the Fool to meet again.
(*I should probably acknowledge that there is, of course, an entirely different reason given for why the Fool feels they must part ways, and that is his unrequited all-encompassing love for Fitz.)
Now I could have put the rest if this post in a couple of other places, especially the “the ending doesn’t make sense” thread, but I think here is best since I don’t want to interrupt the interesting discussion over there, and there aren’t so many previous posts here as to put people off. It does relate to the topic…sort of.
Just in case, spoilers for Fool’s Fate below…
I have a thought/question related to the end of Fool’s Fate, or more specifically to the parting of Fitz and the Fool. Before his “resurrection” the Fool “saw” a future which he was not a part of, but in which Fitz was happy. Based on this, the Fool decides it is too dangerous for him to spend time with Fitz; since Fitz is still the catalyst but the Fool is no longer the WP, the Fool can’t risk influencing Fitz’s decisions and consequently disrupting his (and the world’s) “happy” future.* Now I distinctly remember Fitz saying (when he made the decision to revive the Fool) that he knew he could not survive the loss of the Fool, that the Fool’s death would leave him irreparably damaged (or something to that effect). If this is the case, then the “happy” Fitz of the Fool’s vision must necessarily have known the Fool was alive, and therefore must have had at least some contact with him. So why, then, should the Fool fear that he is not supposed to exist in Fitz’s (the catalyst’s) future?
I suspect I may be reading too much into a few choice sentences, but it seems to me like the tale of Fitz and the Fool truly didn’t have to end. Granted, the Fool’s last message to Fitz, “I have never been wise”, sort of makes this whole question a non-issue, since we are clearly supposed to expect them to meet again in the future. In fact, perhaps my point above is just another reason why we should expect Fitz and the Fool to meet again.
(*I should probably acknowledge that there is, of course, an entirely different reason given for why the Fool feels they must part ways, and that is his unrequited all-encompassing love for Fitz.)
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